Anniston man arrested on burglary charges

A 49 year old Anniston man has been arrested on burglary charges after he was allegedly spotted leaving the home of his deceased grandmother in April.    Allen Pierce, was charged with third degree burglary.  When police arrived at the home, they found the window of a back door had been broken. Pierce, who had been walking on the corner of Canterbury Court and Canterbury Square, was stopped by an officer after Pierce’s uncle gave a description of the clothes worn by the man he saw leaving the home. Pierce told police he had lost his key to the house and had to break the window to get inside. Pierce was not arrested at the time of the incident because Pierce’s mother, an executor of the grandmother’s home, did not cooperate with police, despite having initially told officers her son was not allowed in the home  Pierce’s uncle decided to press charges and a warrant was issued for Pierce’s arrest on Wednesday. Pierce was already in the Calhoun County Jail on Monday on warrants for another charge of felony third-degree robbery.